Brian J. Hall led the cultural adaptation of the program for overseas Filipino workers and Chinese young adults and conducted the first implementation science trials of WHO interventions in Asia. Hall participated in the development of the WHO regional framework for mental health in the Western Pacific Region which was officially launched in For more than a decade in China, Hall conducted epidemiologic investigations on the health of diverse populations.
Hall led some of the first studies of the African community in Guangzhou China, exploring the influence of social networks on HIV and sexual health, mental health, and the influence of discrimination on wellbeing. His team conducted the first community collaborative large-scale mixed-methods studies of transnational Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers, examining the social determinants of diverse health outcomes, including sexual, cardiometabolic, social, and mental health.
Hall has hosted students in China from the United States and other countries, engaging them directly in community-based research. Brian Hall. Barriers and facilitators of rapid HIV and syphilis testing uptake among Filipino transnational migrants in China.
BMC Public Health, Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation during the Shanghai Lockdown: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders, , The prevalence of intimate partner violence and risk factors for women and men in China During the Shanghai Lockdown. Journal of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33, e14 A WHO digital intervention to address depression among young Chinese adults: A type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial.
Translational Psychiatry, Enhancing real-time digital surveillance can guide evidence-based policymaking to improve global mental health. Nature Mental Health, 1, Mental health and psychosocial interventions to limit the adverse psychological effects of disasters and emergencies in China: A scoping review. Lancet Regional Health β Western Pacific. Gureje, O. Systematic inclusion of culture-related information in ICD World Psychiatry, 18, 3, Research Interests.
